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Completely rebuilt in the center of downtown Louisville is a market house where people would sell just about anything, including slaves. It is the only remaining slave-trading site in the state of Georgia, and was the largest slave market in the state for many years.
Originally built between 1795 and 1798, the market used by sheriffs and other officials as well as local folk to sell land and goods. But the dark side of this market is the African-American slave trade that fueled the local economy. When importation of slaves became illegal in 1808 the market in Savannah closed. Smugglers had to move their goods inland for sale, and the market at Louisville was very active in the illegal trade.
Slave Island got its name during the British occupation and originates from the Portuguese and Dutch period of administration when slaves, mostly African, were brought here. Since then, the area has evolved into a commercial locale with business establishments, hotels and shopping centres, making it a fitting central railway station location.
“The Slave Island railway station architecture was similar to that of the stations on the Liverpool-Manchester line and the London-Birmingham line at the time,” says “The History of Sri Lankan Railways” author Sirisena Rajapkashe.
from www.slrfc.org/2010/03/14/slave-island-railway-station-a-s...
i am working on another Revell Slave I conversion.....one year on from the last. this one is gonna be about 6500% better